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Mesoscale Discussion 1786
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 1, 2014, 6:20 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 85 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 1, 2014, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2014, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 85 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 89 counties
Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Perry County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL, Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Audrain County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Osage County, MO, Perry County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Webster County, MO, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1166 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 1:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 11 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 1, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 1, 5:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Wyandotte | 2 hr |
| Oct 1, 5:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Doniphan and 15 more | 2 hr |
| Oct 1, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Doniphan and 19 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2014Every mesoscale discussion in 2014
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.